Just this week I started going through older work, following the energy of a collection that seems to be forming. It's interesting how some pieces speak just as clearly now as when they were written.
I especially love the wolf encounter poem. 'The lords of the woods' line brought such a strong image for me; it conjured the idea of the need for rewilding and allowing animals more freedom to roam. I was wondering whether it might have been inspired by a real event.
I am just starting out with writing, enjoying the way my ideas evolve and shift until the final version solidifies. I think your post encapsulates this process perfectly.
I live in Turkey right now and am largely writing about animal encounters and my reflections on them. Wolves are quite common here and also culturally symbolic. I would be moved to see some in the wild, I just need to figure out a way to do this safely and respectfully, perhaps using a local guide/tracker. Where there's a will there's a way.
I agree with you, and also think that's why we're loathe to toss out old work. When we've connected with sacred truths via art & writing, even sketches of current events, we see repeated patterns.
Seems like we need this now, more than ever. Thanks for noting & sharing the ongoing wondertale of life.
Thanks for sharing Heidi. I'm not a writer, although my daughter is, and anything I may have written in the past is long gone, but I do understand that so called "old" thoughts and ideas can be reused in more current contexts, and you're poems here are a perfect example of that, especially "Sacred Paradox". I love that one.
Just this week I started going through older work, following the energy of a collection that seems to be forming. It's interesting how some pieces speak just as clearly now as when they were written.
I especially love the wolf encounter poem. 'The lords of the woods' line brought such a strong image for me; it conjured the idea of the need for rewilding and allowing animals more freedom to roam. I was wondering whether it might have been inspired by a real event.
I am just starting out with writing, enjoying the way my ideas evolve and shift until the final version solidifies. I think your post encapsulates this process perfectly.
I live in Turkey right now and am largely writing about animal encounters and my reflections on them. Wolves are quite common here and also culturally symbolic. I would be moved to see some in the wild, I just need to figure out a way to do this safely and respectfully, perhaps using a local guide/tracker. Where there's a will there's a way.
Inspiring work, Heidi. Thanks.
Simon, thanks for the note! The wolf poem was indeed inspired by a real encounter - in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wildnerness of Minnesota.
"reminded we are not lords of the woods..."
Thanks for these.
We need them now, more than ever.
I agree with you, and also think that's why we're loathe to toss out old work. When we've connected with sacred truths via art & writing, even sketches of current events, we see repeated patterns.
Seems like we need this now, more than ever. Thanks for noting & sharing the ongoing wondertale of life.
Thanks for sharing Heidi. I'm not a writer, although my daughter is, and anything I may have written in the past is long gone, but I do understand that so called "old" thoughts and ideas can be reused in more current contexts, and you're poems here are a perfect example of that, especially "Sacred Paradox". I love that one.